The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-04
PERSONAL.

GEN. LEW WALLACE is mentioned as fit Re-
publican Vice Presidential candidate.
J. WARREN KEIFER, of Ohio, ex-Speaker of
the House of Representatives, is said to have
more law business than he can attend to-
GIVE O'CLOCK TEA is the title of William
D. Howells' latest contribution to the realistic
school of fiction. 1t is extremely weak Tea. -
THE porter who takes care of Senator Leland
Stanf0rd's private car receives $500 month
This is more than the average college professor
earns.
SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, has made great
deal of money since the last sessio. of Congress
He makes money readily, but loses it with equal
facility.
Miss NJ. A. DODGE, known to fame as Gail
Hamilton has not decided whether she will Join
the Blaine family in Europe or spend the winter
in Florida.
THE DESK in the Senate Chamber which was
long used by Roscoe Conkling will be occupied
by Senator William f. Chandler during the
coming session.
THE Trollope family of England have written
275 books as follows: Mrs. Trolope. Sr., lis:
Anthony Trollope 100; Adolphus Trollope, so;
Mrs. Theodore Trollope, 10.
THE opinion of Gov. Waterman, of California
concerning party leadership is that it should
consist of doing good and Strengthening the
organization by wisdom and intelligence.
THOMAS JEssoP, the English steel king" of
Sheffield is dead. He was engaged in the manu-
facture of crucble steel for sixty years, and
was founder of the JeSsop Hospital for Women
at Sheffield.
Hon. HENRY STAFFORD NoRrBcorE, NJ p.
younger son Of the late Earl of Iddeseigh, on
whom the Queen has conferred a baronetcy is
we'll and pleasantly remembered in Philadel-
pha He was Mr.. Child's guest for some days
at Wootton He is now called Sir stafford"
the same as his father before the latters eleva-
ton to the peerage.
GEN. NATHAN GoFF, who is a Representative
from West Virginia was during the war, the
youngest Union General, having commanded
brigade at the age of %. He has been lucky
in mining speculations that he is considered
mascot by his friends Gen. Golf is only IS
years old, and martial in bearing, though one of
the largest members of the House.
A TALL MAN of 35, with long blonde NOUS
tache and wearing a white kersey overcoat and
a black silk hat, is in Philadelphia. He wears
two big diamond rings on his left hand. His
name is r. P. Mcbride. He lives in New York
and owns 100 tea stores. He went to Phia
dephia for pleasure and carried his own car
riage and team and his coachman along
MuRAr HALsTEAD. the handsome Cincinnati
editor, has been laying in a stock of winter I'M
derclothing during his latest visit to New York.
| A friend saw him in fashionable hoberdashers
| Just as he had consummated the purchase Of q
half dozen brilliant crimson undergarments.
| The friend had heard comments made on the
sangunary hue Of some Of Mr. Halstead's edito-
| rails. "Oh, no." he cried, Field Marshal, been
| buying bloody shirts, | see" The Republican
| Napoleon bought bottle.
| Pope LEO XIII. has strong agricultural tastes,
| and planted the Vatican gardens with fruit
| trees and vines as soon as he assumed the Papal
| tiara. He takes especial interest in vintculture,
| but for some reason or other the vines would
not yield until this year, when, for the first
| time, -four casks of wine have been made from
| the Vatican crop. Every day during the viut-
| age his holiness came down into the garden
and watched the process, showing by his sensi-
bic orders that he understood the system thor
| oughly. The Pope is to receive a handsome
| gift from the royal family of Italy for his jubi
! lea golden chalice, inscribed, ITO the Holy
| Father Leo Kill, from the House of Savoy"
| THIS inscription neatly evades the Kings and
| Queens actual titles which might hurt the
Pope's feelings, and altogether this offering is
| looked upon as q further olive branch between
| the QuiriDal and the Vatican.